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Monday, November 19, 2012

WE ALL NEED TO TAKE A STAND

Girls, backed by the UN, take a stand against child marriage

One-third of girls in developing countries marry before they reach their
eighteenth birthday, sometimes as young as 7. The practice breaches
most countries’ domestic legislation, and more importantly, violates the
nearly universally ratified Convention on the Rights of the Child.